I am doing this process right this second and yes it's more paperwork, although I didn't need photos at the school.

The only real benefit is if you are planning on getting divorced during the visa time period which I understand invalidates the visa.

Getting divorced also presents massive problems for renewal as you need to have sole custody of at least 1 child, in my case we had to do exactly that, take 1 each.

@Dannie **************

i am under the impression that no1 you need to have full custody not just joint and if both parties agree on everything then it can be done at the ampur rather than needing thai lawyers

@Tod ********

yes based on thai children, although when we did it we had to provide marriage certs and stuff with the paperwork

I went and saw the person who does my visa today and she tells me that if getting a divorce you need to be sole custody of at least 1 of them to renew your visa, which is kinda ironic as we legally (according thai law) share custody now as we still married